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B. O. Bachelor of Oratory. 



Boh. Bohemian, or Czech. 



Boat. Boston. 



Bot. Botany. Botanical. 



B. O. U. British Ornithologist*' 

 Union. 



Bp. Bishop. 



Br., Bro. Brother. 



Bret. Bas-Breton, or Celtic of Brit- 

 tany. 



Brio. Brigade. 



Brig.-Gen. Brigadier-General. 



Brit. Britain, Britannia. British. 



H. .v Bachelor of Surgery; Bachelor 

 of Science. 



(Lat. boccalaureus scientist), 

 Bachelor of Science. 



It. B. L. Botanical Society. London. 



Bt. Baronet. 



bush. Bushel. 



H. V. Blessed Virgin. 



B. V. M. Blessed Virgin Mary. 

 bx.. bit. Box, Boxes. 



C. Cent. Cents; Centigrade; Consul; 

 Centime. Centimes; a hundred. 



C., Cap. (Lat. caput). Chapter. 



C. A. Chartered Accountant. 



Col. California; Calendar. 



Cam., Comb. Cambridge. 



Cant. Canticle. 



Cant. [Contour.] 



Cantab. (Lat. Cantabrigiensis) . Of 

 Cambridge. 



Cantuar., Cant. (Mid. Lat. Cantua- 

 ria). Canterbury. 



Cap. (Lat. caput). Capital; Chapter. 



Caps. Capitals. 



Capt. Captain. 



Card. Cardinal. 



Cath. Catharine; Catholic. 



C. B. Companion of the Bath. 



C. C. Catholic Clergyman, Catholic 

 Curate. 



C. D. V. Carte^de- Visile. 

 Civil Engineer. 



Cel. Celsius. 



Cell. Celtic. 



Cent, (centum), A hundred; Centi- 

 grade. 



Centig. Centigrade. 



Cert., Certif. Certify; Certificate. 

 1 at. confer). Compare. 



C. ft. Cubic feet. 



C.G. Coastguard; Commissary-Gen- 

 eral. 



C. G. S. Centimetre-Gramme-Second. 



C. //. Court House. 



Ch. Church; Chapter. 

 Chaldron. 



Choi., Chald. Chaldee. 



Chnn. Chancellor. 



Chap. Chapter. 



Chat. Charles. 



Chem. Chemistry, Chemical. 

 Hist. Church History. 



Chinese. 



Chr. Christ; Christian; Christopher. 



Chron. Chronology. Chronological. 



C. /. Order of the Crown of In- 

 dia. 



C. /. E. Companion of the Order of 

 the Indian Krnpire. 



ill-Hi ; Citisen. 

 ivil. 







(I. Clergyman. 

 (Hasstcal. 



< U (Vrt ideated Master; Com- 

 mon metre. 



>rurgia moffisUr). 

 Master in 8unt< 



''. Companion of the Order of 



' 

 of the Zoological Society. 



Co. Company; G 



C.O.D. Cash on delivery; Collect 

 (payment) on delivery. 



Cogn. Cognate. 



Col. Colonel; Colonial; Colossians; 

 Column; Colorado. 



Coll. College. 



Colloq. Colloquial, Colloquialism, 

 Colloquially. 



Com. Commander; Commerce; Com- 

 missioner; Committee; Commo- 

 dore; Common. 



Comm. Commentary; Commerce. 



Comp. Compare; Comparative; 

 Compound, Compounded. 



Compar. Comparative. 



Compos. Composition. 



Com. ver. Common Version. 



Con., contra. (Lat.), Against. 



Con. Cr. Contra Credit. 



Conch., Conchol. Conchology. 



Cong. Congregation, Congregational, 

 Congregationalist; Congress. 



Con;. Conjunction. 



Conn. Connecticut. 



Con. .Sec. Conic Sections. 



Contr. Contracted, Contraction. 



Cop. Copt. Coptic. 



Cor. Corinthians. 



Cor. Mem. Corresponding Member. 



Corn. Cornwall; Cornish. 



Corrup. Corruption, Corrupted. 



Cor. Sec. Corresponding Secretary. 



Cos. Cosine. 



C. P. Clerk of the Peace; Common 



C. P. A. Certified Public Account- 

 ant. 



C. P. C. Cerk of the Privy Council. 



C. P. S. (Lat. custos privati sigilli), 

 Keeper of the Privy Seal. 



Cr. Credit, Creditor. 



C. R. (Lat. Cii'u* Romanus), Roman 

 Citizen. 



C. R. (Lat. custos rotulorum). Keeper 

 of the Rolls. 



Cres. Crescendo. 



t'n'm. con. Criminal conversation, or 

 adultery. 



Crystall., Crystallog. Crystallogra- 

 phy. 



C. S. A. Confederate States of 

 America. 



C. S. Court of Sessions, Clerk to the 

 Signet. 



C. S. /. Companion of the Star of 

 India. 



Csks. Casks. 



Ct. (Lat. centum), A hundred. 



Ct. Court. 



Ct., Conn. Connecticut. 



C. T. Certified Teacher. 



C. T. A. U. Catholic Tot*l Absti- 

 nence Union. 



Cu. (I^at. cuprum). Copper. 

 Cu6., Cu. ft. Cubic. Cubic foot. 

 Cur., Curt. Current this month. 

 Cu*. A hundredweight; Hundred- 

 weights. 

 Ci/c. Cyclopaedia. 



D. Deputy. 



d. (Ijit. denarius, denarii), A penny. 

 IVnce. 



!>!'. Daniel; Danish. 



i live. 



.vi.l. 



D. C. (Ital. da capo). From the be- 

 ginning. 

 D. C.. Dist. Col. District of Colum- 



D. C. L. Doctor of Civil (or Canon) 



D.D. (Ijit. divinitatii doctor). Doc- 

 tor of Divinity. 

 D. D. D. (Lat. dot. dicat. dedicat), 



II.- iri\<--. d.-votr-. and r.>n*-.-rat.- 

 (The formula by which anything 

 was consecrated to the gods or to 

 religious use* by the H< 

 used in funeral inscru 

 // D - D km oi D. Bfcu in \ 



D i: Dvnaim. I .nitn.c.-r . 



/' / I ' <>f Engineering. 



,!,,. D.-.nnrtr.-. 



/>,/. bdbMoo. 



Deft. Defendant. 



Deg. Degree. Degrees. 



Del Delaware. 



Del. (Lat. delineavit), He (or she) 



drew. 



Dtp., Dept. Department. 

 Dep. Deputy. 

 Der. Derived, Derivation. 

 Doit. Deuteronomy. 

 D. F. Dean of the Faculty; Defender 



of the Faith. 

 D. G. (Lat. Dei gratia). By the grace 



of God. 



Diet. Dictionary. 

 Dim., Dimin. Diminutive. 

 Dis., Disct. Discount. 

 Dist. District. 



Dist. AUy. District Attorney. 

 Div. Divide; Dividend; Division; 



Divisor. 



D. Lit., D. Litt. Doctor of Literature. 

 D. L. O. Dead Letter Office. 

 D. M., D. Mus. Doctor of Music. 

 D. M. D. Doctor of Dental Medicine, 

 D. O. Doctor of Osteopathy. 

 Do. (Ital. ditto). The same. 

 Doc. Document. 

 Dols. Dollars. 



Dom. Econ. Domestic Economy. 

 Doz. Dozen. 

 Dpt. Deponent. 



Dr. Debtor; Doctor; Dram, Drains. 

 Dram. Dramatic, Dramatically. 

 D. S. (Ital. dal segno). From the 



sign. 



D. Sc. Doctor of Science. 

 D. T. (Lat. doctor theologice). Doctor 



of Theology. 

 Du. Dut. Dutch. 

 Dub. Dublin. 

 Duo. I2mo. Duodecimo (twelve 



folds). 



D. V. (Lat. Deovolente), God willing. 

 D. V. M. Doctor of Veterinary Med- 



icine. 



D. V. S. Doctor of Veterinary Sur- 



Dwt. (Lat. denarius, an English 

 weight), Pennyweight. Penny- 

 weights. 



Dynam. Dynamics. 



E. East, Eastern; English; Edin- 



. 

 E. Aram. East Aramaean, generally 



called Chaldee. 

 Eben. Ebeneser. 

 E. C. Eastern Central; Established 



Church. 



Keel., Ecclcs. F.crlroiastical. 

 Eccles., Ecclesiol. Ecclesiology. 

 /-.Yon. I 



iitor; I.dition; Edinburgh. 

 .' './,. Kdmund. 

 Edin. Edinburgh. 



irl.sh Dialect Soc.. 

 Edward. 



i'ted. 



Electrical Engineer. 

 c.u. (I^t. exempli gratia^. For ex- 



Indies, East Indian. 

 E. 1. C.. E. 1. Co. East Indian Com- 



I >'in> 



E.I.C.S. East India Company's 



* , t 

 Encu. Enrvdo. Kncyclopdia. 



/ \. / I -a-t n-.rth,-:i-l. 



/.;. I .-nr'-nd. I SC 



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/ -.; /-,;..'. I>, |..,ltmrnt 3 I W 



/;/.. Knlom. Entomology, Entomo- 



. ordinary. 

 Kpheiiians; 



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tie. epistolary. 

 Eg. Equal, equivalent. 



